On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:54:03PM +0100, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello there, > > when I want to use sound on my computer, I always have to start the > (GUI app) "gnome-alsamixer" and un-mute it. Even on the Gnome desktop > it's not enough to click off the little red mute symbol next to the > loudspeaker in the upper right corner, no, I also have to go > explicitly through alsamixer. > > Is there a command-line tool that I could put into an /etc/rc.local > script that turns on the sound automatically? > > Thanks, > robert > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >
You should be able to use alsactl(1) for this task. However, on the machine I have used the default scripts save the sound state on shutdown and restore it on startup. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
